The fittings took place in a light and airy room with space for the actors, designer and wardrobe supervisor. The actors attended the fittings individually and the wardrobe supervisor allocated them the selected garments which were source using the designs. Even with the my attendance as costume designer the designs were referred to regularly accuracy: The director had chosen not to attend the fittings but was relying on the realisation on of the costumes looking like the designs shown at the last director/ designer meeting. Secondly the designs were also used to inform the actor how the clothes are to be worn. The director had informed us that he wanted addition costume for scene 14 which had not been discussed at any of the design meetings. The supervisor and myself had had enough time to shop for the additional costume though not image had been generated. Know the characters well help with this process as did the contemporary setting of the play. Together myself and the wardrobe supervisor went out looking for what I though would be appropriate for the character in the scene. Mindful that some of the characters would not have a great deal of time to change I wanted to find items which could be added to the fundamental costume which they were already wearing. I did start to wonder at this point in a contemporary production whether designs are actually needed if I was able to just go out shopping for these additional costumes. I did concluded that the designs which were produced aided a conversation about the characters with the directors and the design which were produced enabled the director to have confidence that the costume which I would source for the additional scene would be suitable.
The actors responded well to the fittings with comments such as ‘my character would definitely wear something like this’ and ‘I feel the part now’. One female actor felt less comfortable in her costume and though it looked very similar to the design which she saw at the presentation on designs felt the realisation of the costume on her body unflattering. She was upset as her character was in her late 40’s and she felt that women in their late 40’s still dress ‘cool’. Struggling with the fact that the character was older than she was she didn’t understand mine or the directors reasoning to make a young person look older you need to place them in older cloths. She left the fitting a little more reassured but resistant to dress her hair in an older style.
The actors responded well to the fittings with comments such as ‘my character would definitely wear something like this’ and ‘I feel the part now’. One female actor felt less comfortable in her costume and though it looked very similar to the design which she saw at the presentation on designs felt the realisation of the costume on her body unflattering. She was upset as her character was in her late 40’s and she felt that women in their late 40’s still dress ‘cool’. Struggling with the fact that the character was older than she was she didn’t understand mine or the directors reasoning to make a young person look older you need to place them in older cloths. She left the fitting a little more reassured but resistant to dress her hair in an older style.
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